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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ikea plus Poetry

When I bought the pillows this weekend at Ikea, I had a small project in mind. You might remember that I bought these two amazing fabrics, right?

Well actually, I love them but I have no clue what to do with them! The print is too large for a corset, I have more than enough bags so I won't make more of these fabrics and they are too pretty to hide in my stash. So, I decided to do what nay good seamstress would do: Make a pillow case! I usually do envelope closures on my pillow cases, so I need neither buttons nor zippers. I simple serged the fabric together, added this beauty:

Aaaaand I was done! So here is the final outcome of about 10 minutes work (including the time I needed to put the fluffy pillow filling inside the case):

I actually do have other plans in mind for the other fabric, I saw a pretty shrug made from the same fabric at the WGT...